Peter Hook ProfilePeter Hook — a founding member of the legendary Joy Division and offshoot New Order — got a touch passive-aggressive with the people behind the latter outfit's Twitter feed last night after discovering an account had been set up in the former's name without informing him.
"Thanks for telling me," Hook said in the tweet. "As a member of Joy Division, it would have been nice to be informed."
Despite earlier reports, New Order themselves don't actually run their official Twitter account — that falls to Warner Music Group — and Hook is well aware of that fact, given that his current band — Peter Hook And The Light — have had releases and tours advertised on New Order's social media pages.
@neworder Thanks for telling me.. As a member of @joydivision it would have been nice to have been informed.
— Peter Hook (@peter_hook1) September 17, 2014
Hook, the founding bassist for both Joy Division and New Order, departed the band in 2007 after years of on-and-off tension, primarily with guitarist Bernard Sumner, and an earlier split for the whole group between 1993 and 1998. He has since been playing (at least some) New Order and Joy Division tracks on tour with his new band.
New Order rose from the ashes of Joy Division, which fell apart in the wake of lead singer Ian Curtis' suicide in 1980. Despite its short lifespan, the band was indelibly influential on the development of the alternative scene in the UK throughout the late 20th century and early 21st.
Enjoy this track below, which isn't Love Will Tear Us Apart for once.
Note: A previous version of this story erroneously reported that the members of New Order had created the Twitter account and that Hook was directly communicating with them; this has since been refuted, and the story updated in kind.
